The MatrixFiles

MAY 1, 2024

For a change, Leah Monica, Director of Marketing at Matrix Group, interviewed me about my personal journey and the journey of Matrix Group. I’ve got my eyes on the next three years and boy do I expect a lot of change, challenges, and fun! The WHAT of our work has changed, is changing, will always change.

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Celebrate Reflection Impact Arlington 130

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 20, 2022

When you started your organization, you drafted a set of nonprofit bylaws which are the rules spelling out how your new venture would operate and how your Board would govern it. Simply put, you don’t know what kind of governance rules your nonprofit needs until you are actually operating. The focus should be on governance.

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Government Nonprofit Review Language 122

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Unlike for-profit businesses, churches are not owned but rather are run by pastors, a church board, other governing bodies, and staff who are often a combination of paid employees and volunteers. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. that focus on the changes in net assets.?. self-balancing accounts?that?must

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Software Guide Award Grant 293

DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

This centralization allows nonprofits to process and organize data from multiple places so that it’s easy to understand and use altogether. Segmentation is the process of grouping your supporters based on shared characteristics. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts.

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Data Guide Proposal Nonprofit 52

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 28, 2013

There is a long history of nonprofit organizations partnering with the government, usually at the state level, through contracts to help provide for and respond to community needs. Still, changing terms mid-contract does little to help establish trust for a positive nonprofit/government relationship. sector and the government.

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Government Problem North Carolina Organization 76

EveryAction

JUNE 19, 2017

These contributions are typically high dollar grant awards that come from foundations, corporations, or the government. Too often, nonprofit development professionals struggle to manage these processes on clunky, difficult to use software that scatters data across multiple places, spreadsheets or platforms.

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2023

We are so proud to share that Mike Shoag, Forum One’s Vice President of Government Services, is a 2023 Engage FedGov Honoree! As part of the 2023 Engage FedGov leadership awards, Mike Shoag has been recognized, alongside an impressive list of peers, as an exceptional leader in the Federal government sector.

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Government Award Cancer Proposal 59

Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

While I am happy to share my perspective, trends are, by nature, always changing and have varying impacts depending on your nonprofit’s function. For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.)

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Trend Demographics Philanthropy Generation 85

sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2022

Timeline for the Auditing Process . Effective accounting practices year-round are the key to a smooth audit process for your nonprofit organization. . When it comes to finance, the higher the standard for your management processes, the better. The federal government. Timeline for the Auditing Process .

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Nonprofit Process Grant Government 69

Byte Technology

MAY 19, 2015

Virtually every sector of our economy—the government, the military, educational institutions, venture capitalist firms and multi-national corporations—use the Request for Proposal (RFP) process at one time or another. Consider these factors before embarking on an RFP process for your non-profit’s next web development project. •

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Profit Organization Proposal Web 100

Qgiv

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofit grant proposals can be a daunting task for fundraisers, but it’s a key way to help gain more sustainable funding for your organization. From finding the right grants to writing and applying for them, grant proposals require a lot of research and attention to detail! What is a grant proposal?

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Proposal Grant Template Guide 52

Nimble AMS

APRIL 9, 2020

Your old technology might have worked in the past, but it just isn’t keeping up with your organization’s evolving processes and needs. The business case presents your proposal for change. What you need to do is present to the board a case for change. At this point, it’s too early in the process. Get personal.

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Business Software Build ROI 78

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The good news is that the myth that you can’t make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills – change their behaviors through games. Young people should enjoy the educational process. That’s teaching.

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Game Education Change Classroom 132

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Philanthropy for change, not charity.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Unlike a Governing Board, often called a Board of Directors, an Advisory Board has no decision-making authority and does not issue directives or have fiduciary responsibility. Giving Advice The most obvious role for a nonprofit Advisory Board is to give advice to the Governing Board and staff. Raising an Organization’s Profile.

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

That’s right, the session selection process is open for the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference ! I have a few proposals up for voting but there are SO many great ones that I am enjoying reading through them all (hope all the 5 star votes don’t through things off!). There are 25 proposals on each page. Vote today!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2016

Making Everybody Part of the Process of Problem-Solving. Challenge organizers reserved the right to send the proposals back and ask for further clarification of the problem. Keeping the ideas process open to the community and the actual technical development closed has been a successful model for the challenges.

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Local Challenge Romania Open 36

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

I propose a careful exploration of social enterprise strategies is a matter of relevance and survival for small nonprofits in low-income communities, as they cannot rely on their constituents for a high level of donations or otherwise support. Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes.

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Social Model Nonprofit Fund 98

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This is important because the grant process can take a lot of time – from research and pulling together your submission to awaiting notification and then getting the funding (if approved!), What is your process for selecting who you fund? Rough out a timeline. When do you need to have the money in-hand? this could take weeks or months.

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Grant Place Free Nonprofit 98

BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Our job at BoardAssist is to do just that – identify and “lock in” those high impact agents of change for our nonprofit clients. If you are navigating this process on your own, here are some useful tips. Handle the courting process well, and the candidate might become a major funder or create an annuity for your nonprofit.

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Tips Proposal United States Grant 84

Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Finally, after hearing a lot of nuts and bolts from them about numerous programs and processes around which I couldn’t quite wrap my brain, I said “Tell me why I should give in one sentence.” Fundraisers must understand they no longer just write hard copy fundraising letters and grant proposals.

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Content Marketing Strategy Fundraising 130

Forum One

APRIL 30, 2010

To be clear, I am not sure Pietersen's proposal is that new — I have been saying something similar for some time — but that shouldn't stop one from finding value in it. " Align: Ensure the organizational management and governance practices are tuned to support the work to be done. Learn, etc.:

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Internet Process Strategy Learning 44

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And then the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. Instead of grant deliverables or profit, passion and impact are the bottom line motivators for change.

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Community Library Model Adopt 167

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 16, 2017

To successfully meet the challenge of a changing economy, nonprofit organizations will need to learn, plan and prepare now. The use of automated technology can be part of a nonprofit’s scaling process as automation could allow for nonprofits to scale rapidly. Nonprofits also have the opportunity “to become thought leaders” (Zwick, C.,

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Challenge Technology Arizona Phoenix 56

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support. Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater. Don’t load the Treaty up on with arcane processes that waste scarce funding for no benefit.

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Copyright India Library United States 158

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. The good news is that the myth that you can't make systemic change quickly is just that, a myth. You are in the business every day of figuring out how to have people engage, have fun, and build skills - change their behaviors through games.

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Game Education Change Classroom 60

Qgiv

MAY 16, 2022

Grants aren’t always easy to get, but with a well-written proposal, you can blow your competition out of the water. A nonprofit grant is a financial donation given to an organization from a foundation, corporation, or the government, otherwise known as grantmakers. Government. What is a grant? Where can you find grants?

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Proposal Grant Instruction Instructional 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

One tip I could have used early on was to plan and design the grant project before writing up a query letter or proposal. How will your services, situation, community or target population change as a result of your project? Most funders require applicants to state the outcomes of their project in the proposal. Project Outcomes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Through this process, we’ve considered what works well, and where we can experiment with being more effective and having more impact. This exercise has led us to the next step in our strategy review process- a draft that outlines key elements of our refreshed strategy. Focused questions through our Web site and several list-serves.

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Effective Program Work Review 96

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In fact, our founder and CEO, Cynthia Adams, has a free recorded webinar on how grantseeking has changed over the past several years. She states that funders are looking for those organizations that demonstrate intentional movement toward substantial and sustainable change. Local Government Grants. Corporate Grants.

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Grant Award Proposal Calendar 51

NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

What sorts of changes are we seeing in grantmaking due to the rapid growth and ever changing landscape we call technology? Foundation leadership, particularly the board of directors, can be reluctant to change, which of course bleeds over into enhancements in their use of technology.

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Trend Technology Analytics Proposal 64

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

This is the first time the foundation has asked for broad and direct public input in its grants process. We hope this idea forum will help change the conversation in the state from how bad things are to what can we do to make them better,” Forbes said. We’ve set a goal to make MMT a national model of a regional foundation,” Stamm said.

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Oregon Foundation Ideas Award 140

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We are here to talk about reporting impact, specifically creating tools and some good processes to do that for your donors. ” You know, we’re going to talk a little bit about how SMART goals drive impact reporting processes. Is it an evidence-based curriculum or process? Why is it important?”

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Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

For a peer-to-peer 5K or fun run, your costs might include police for crowd control, permits from local governance to close off roads, EMT services, event t-shirts, snacks, opening ceremony costs (band, DJ, etc.), Deciding between these formats will change how you budget for your event. and signage to recognize your sponsors.

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Money Sponsor Grant Nonprofit 52

Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2015

As individuals, we are engaged in this country’s political process—we vote, we sign petitions, we might even register others to vote. What problems could you solve with more support from a local, state or federal government? How does the government impact your organization, positively or negatively, through its actions or inactions?

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Local Proposal Government Voice 20

Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

So the overall pursuit of grants by education organizations did not change dramatically this past year. ” Grantmakers, both government and private, will be looking for this type of collaboration in the proposals that are funded in the years to come.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 3, 2019

Ann Mei Chang, author of? to talk about this process and what it looks like in the social good sector. One key point during the conversation revolves around changing the thought process that social good organizations need to have regarding their long-term strategy versus traditional definitions of impact.

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